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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2162

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Lunar month 61Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 1, 2162

Lunar 二一六二年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2162-07-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2162-08-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2162-08-07

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    2162-08-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿一

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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